April 16, 2024
Asteroids are rocky remnants left over from the formation of the solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. To date, the known asteroid count is up to 1,351,400. Most of these are found in orbits between the planets Mars and Jupiter.
Mosaic of asteroid Bennu made by NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft. The OSIRIS-Rex mission successfully returned material from asteroid Bennu to Earth on September 24, 2023. Image credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona.
